Yangzhou Massacre
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Start date | May 20, 1645 |
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Location2 | Yangzhou |
Simplifi chines | 扬州十日 |
Liter mean | Ten Days of Yangzhou |
Tradit chines | 揚州十日 |
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ID | 1398592 |
About Yangzhou Massacre
The Yangzhou massacre in May, 1645 in Yangzhou, Qing dynasty China, refers to the mass killing of people in Yangzhou by Manchu and defected Han Chinese Ming soldiers, commanded by the Manchu general Dodo. The massacre is described in a contemporary account, A Record of Ten Days in Yangzhou, by Wang Xiuchu.